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Yirmeyahu, do you consider all of British Mandate Palestine to be occupied, or "just" the territory captured from Egypt and Jordan in 1967?
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To clarify, when I refer to the "occupied territories", I am referring to those territories occupied since 1967.
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As well, why do you laugh at the notion of Palestinians recognizing Israel's right to exist while demanding that Israel hand the Palestinians a state? This is in reference to what I've read on your website, not necessarily anything you have written here.
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I don't know where you've ever seen me "laugh" at the notion of Palestinians recognizing Israel's "right to exist". I've certainly pointed out the absurdity and hypocrisy of demanding that Palestinians recognize Israel's "right to exist" while Israel continues to deny the same right to any Palestinian state.
And I've certainly never "demanded" that Israel "hand the Palestinians a state". A Palestinian state is not something which Israel can give. It's not theirs to give. Obviously, though, the illegal occupation must end as a prerequisite to achieving that goal.
You say I "offer no constructive solution". This is puzzling. The solutions I have proposed are not mystifying. If we want to end the violence, we can stop committing violence. If we want there to be a Palestinian state, we can stop rejecting a Palestinian state.
These elementary steps are not in heaven, that one should say, "Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?"
As for the "offer" you speak of, it's a myth. What Arafat was offered no leader could possibly have accepted. But even if such an "offer" had been made, I ask you: If someone stole a dollar from you, would you consider the thief offering you back 95 cents as somehow being gracious? And would you not demand the other 5 cents? Or would you be willing to let it go out of fear or intimidation from the bully?